NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX 470

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 470. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TU116GPU NameEllesmere
TU116-300-A1Model numberPolaris 10 PRO
(215-0876204)
TuringArchitectureGCN 4.0
TSMCFoundryGlobalFoundries
12 nmProcess Size14 nm
6,600 millionTransistors5,700 million
284 mm²Die Size232 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 14th, 2019Release DateAug 4th, 2016
GeForce 16FamilyArctic Islands
(RX 400)
ActiveProductionActive
219 USDLaunch Price179 USD
GeForce 10PredecessorPirate Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

6 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.1 GB/sBandwidth211.2 GB/s

Performance

85.68 GPixel/sPixel fillrate38.59 GPixel/s
157.1 GTexel/sTexture fillrate154.4 GTexel/s
10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)FP16 (half) performance4.940 TFLOPS (1:1)
5.027 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.940 TFLOPS
157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1530 MHzBase Clock926 MHz
1785 MHzBoost Clock1206 MHz
2001 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1408Shading Units2048
88TMUs128
48ROPs32
64 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1536 KBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
229 mm
9 inches
Length240 mm
9.4 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Width95 mm
3.7 inches
35 mm
1.4 inches
Height35 mm
1.4 inches
120 WThermal design power (TDP)120 W
300 WSuggested PSU300 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
PG165 SKU 0Board NumberC940,
D000-03,
D009-07

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.1
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4